[Problem profile] “Land use reform” by Robert Wiblin

Local laws often prohibit the construction of dense new housing, which drives up prices, especially in a few large high-wage urban areas. The increased prices transfer wealth from renters to landowners and push people away from centers of economic activity

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Outline:

(01:25) Our overall view

(02:15) What is this problem and how much does it matter?

(02:20) What is our analysis based on?

(02:36) What is this problem and why is it pressing?

(05:00) What are the major arguments against it being pressing?

(08:00) Key judgement calls you need to make

(09:19) What can you do about this problem?

(09:23) What approaches exist for solving this problem?

(10:07) What skill sets and resources are most needed?

(10:58) What can you concretely do to help?

(12:18) Learn more

(12:48) Want to work on this problem?

(12:56) Think you should work on something else?

The original text contained 6 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
April 14th, 2016

Source:
https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/land-use-reform

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